Fish Archives - CSIROscope

What creatures lurk in the deep abyss?

An international research team has just returned from a voyage of deep sea discovery in Australia's eastern abyss. Check out the mysterious creatures they found in the deepest, darkest chasms of the ocean.

Critical critters of the ocean: Our precious plankton

They provide us with oxygen, they go with the flow and chances are you've probably swallowed some of them at the beach. This is our tribute to the humble plankton.

Plastic problem: a global solution

We’re taking on the world’s largest marine pollution survey, working with countries and using science to reduce the amount of litter entering our oceans.

Investigator

The faces that find faceless fishes

Led by Museums Victoria, Sampling the Abyss is a world-first survey to sample life in Australia’s eastern abyss using our research vessel, Investigator. Here's a photo album of just a few of the benthic denizens of the abyss.

Shark litters have multiple dads according to DNA tests

The litters of some species of sharks may share multiple fathers. We studied how frequently this occurs in two species of sharks caught by fisheries in Papua New Guinea and are using the information to help identify populations at risk of decline.

Talkin’ trash this Christmas

Because we all know how bad rubbish is for the environment, we decided to give you a few tips on how to lighten your rubbish load this Christmas.

Environment

Rays of the world are flat sharks and don’t deserve their scary reputation

The newly released book Rays of the World is the first illustrated guide to the world’s 633 known species of stingrays, skates, electric rays and sawfishes.

Environment

Donating your body to science, a unique shark’s tale

Last week a broadnose sevengill shark washed ashore our Australian National Fish Collection facility, donating its body to science.

This Australian scientist drew every ray in the world

Lindsay Marshall illustrated 650 rays for Rays of the World, the first illustrated guide to all non-extinct species of ray.

Buggin’ out: Identifying millions of creepy crawlies at Ningaloo

Stretching more than a kilometre across the reef lagoon, our scientists set about identifying millions of teeny tiny aquabugs.

Other news

G-A-T-C spells fish: Using genomics (and the force) to identify fishes

Fish specimens old and new have to be assigned a species for all sorts of important management reasons. But who does the identifying? And how do they ID the fish?

Scientists name giant stingray from northern Australia

Through a multi-group investigation based around northern Australia, we've identified a new species, one of the largest known stingrays.

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